Neil Sinclair
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Nickname(s) | Sinky | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 23 February 1974||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil Sinclair (born 23 February 1974), is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1995 to 2010. He challenged once for the WBO welterweight title in 2010. At regional level, he held the British welterweight title from 2001 to 2003 and challenged once for the EBU European Union title in 2008. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal representing Ireland at the 1992 Junior World Championships and gold while representing Northern Ireland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
Amateur career[]
Sinclair boxed for Ireland as an amateur and won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships at Montreal in 1992 and also won a gold for Northern Ireland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2]
Professional career[]
Sinclair turned professional in April 1995, winning his first fight at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, in which he knocked out Marty Duke on a card that included Darren Corbett and the final fight in the career of Damien Denny.
In June 2007, Sinclair announced his retirement[3] although he decided to return to boxing within a couple of months.
In May 2009, Sinclair won the Irish light-middleweight title with a stoppage victory over Henry Coyle at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast.
Writing[]
He writes a regular column for Irish-boxing.com, entitled Sinky Says.
Professional boxing record[]
41 fights | 33 wins | 8 losses |
By knockout | 26 | 5 |
By decision | 7 | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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41 | Loss | 33–8 | ![]() |
SD | 3 | 2010-02-26 | ![]() |
Prizefighter 10: light middleweight quarter-final |
40 | Win | 33–7 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8) | 2009-11-06 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 32–7 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10), 0:22 | 2009-05-15 | ![]() |
Won vacant BUI Ireland National Super welterweight title. |
38 | Loss | 31–7 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 2008-06-07 | ![]() |
For EBU European Welterweight title. |
37 | Win | 31–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 2008-03-29 | ![]() |
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36 | Win | 30–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 2007-08-18 | ![]() |
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35 | Loss | 29–6 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (8), 3:07 | 2007-06-23 | ![]() |
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34 | Win | 29–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6), 1:50 | 2007-02-17 | ![]() |
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33 | Loss | 28–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10), 1:49 | 2006-07-05 | ![]() |
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32 | Loss | 28–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8), 1:20 | 2005-03-18 | ![]() |
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31 | Win | 28–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 2004-07-30 | ![]() |
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30 | Win | 27–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (12), 1:54 | 2003-02-01 | ![]() |
Retained BBBofC British Welterweight title. |
29 | Win | 26–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (12), 1:07 | 2002-11-02 | ![]() |
Retained BBBofC British Welterweight title. |
28 | Win | 25–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8), 2:21 | 2002-08-17 | ![]() |
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27 | Win | 24–3 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (12), 2:20 | 2002-06-15 | ![]() |
Retained BBBofC British Welterweight title. |
26 | Win | 23–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8), 2:35 | 2002-04-20 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 22–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:44 | 2001-11-19 | ![]() |
Won BBBofC British Welterweight title. |
24 | Win | 21–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 2001-09-22 | ![]() |
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23 | Win | 20–3 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8), 1:25 | 2001-04-28 | ![]() |
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22 | Loss | 19–3 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (12), 2:25 | 2000-12-16 | ![]() |
For WBO Welterweight title. |
21 | Win | 19–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8), 0:30 | 2000-08-12 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 18–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8), 1:46 | 2000-06-24 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 17–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8), 1:19 | 2000-05-16 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 16–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | 2000-03-18 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 15–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (8) | 1999-10-16 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 14–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 1999-06-05 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 13–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8) | 1999-01-22 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 12–2 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8), 0:38 | 1998-12-07 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 11–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8) | 1998-09-19 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 10–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6), 2:51 | 1998-02-21 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 9–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 1997-12-20 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 8–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (6), 1:32 | 1997-09-27 | ![]() |
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9 | Loss | 7–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 1996-09-03 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 7–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | 1996-05-28 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 6–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 1996-04-13 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 5–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 1 (6) | 1995-12-02 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 4–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (6) | 1995-10-07 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 1995-08-26 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 2–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6) | 1995-07-17 | ![]() |
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2 | Loss | 1–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6) | 1995-05-27 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | 1995-04-14 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
See also[]
- List of British welterweight boxing champions He is close friends with hardman, Cockney Joe.
References[]
- ^ Ulster Council medal winners at Commonwealth Archived 2007-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "World Junior Championships". IABA. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2006.
- ^ David Kelly. "Battling Neil won't Sinc without trace". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
External links[]
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Irish male boxers
- Light-middleweight boxers
- Prizefighter contestants
- Boxers from Belfast
- Male boxers from Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- British boxing biography stubs
- Sportspeople from Northern Ireland stubs